Quarter-boot for horses



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QUARTER BOOT FOR HORSES;

Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIE JOSEPH FENNELL, OF OYNTHIANA, KENTUCKY.

QUARTER-BOOT FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,220, dated November 13, 1883.

Application filed July 11,1ss1. (ModcL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH FENNELL, of Cynthia-11a, in the county of Harrison and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Quarter-Boots for Horses,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object ofthe invention is to make a.

4 spectivc view of the boot removed from the foot.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts;

My improved boot is formed of the two sections A and B, which are attached together by one or more flexible short strapsc. The section A is provided with the straps a a and the buckles c c, and is adapted to be buckled around the ankle of the horse, as shown in Fig.1, and'the rear part of this section, when the section is in place, overlaps the upper rear part of the section B. The section B is concave or cup-shaped upon the inside, to nicely fit upon the heel of the horses foot just above the lower edge of the hoof, as

shown in the drawings, and is adapted to be.

secured upon the foot, so as to cover and proroot the heel, by the strap 7) and buckle b, which pass around the hoof, as shown. In order to prevent the strap 1) from working up over the top of the boot, I attach to it the sliding buckled strap d, to which is attached the headed strap d, which latter is adapted to be secured between the. shoe and the hoof, as shown in Fig. 1. "If a weight is to be used upon the toe of the horses foot, the strap d is to be passed through the loop of the weight, and in this manner both the weight and the boot are secured firmly upon the foot.

Theboots being made in sections and the sections being connected by flexible straps, they are entirely free to move with every mo tion of the ankle-joint and foot without chaffing, or in any manner interfering with the action of the horse; and when weights are used the upper section is still left entirely free, as the weight comes entirely upon the bottom section, which is fastened to the hoof. Furthermore, the flexible connection makes the boot adapted to all sizes and forms of hoofs and ankles.

It is obvious that the sections of my i111 proved boot might be detached and used separately or together and not depart from the spirit of my invention.

I do not claim, broadly, a boot made of two partsconnected by a flexible strap or equivalent. connection, as in my Patent No. 133,768, grantedDecember 10, 1872, I have illustrated and described a boot embodying such features. Said patented device is a boot for the hind leg of a horse, one section being fastened around the shank and the other around the pastern-joint, and located on the inner side thereof. The two sections are united by a strap located on the inside of the pasternjoint. My present improvement is radically different in its construction and purpose from that shown in the patent referred to. It is a quarter-boot, to be attached to the forward legs of a horse. The boot is made in two sections, the lower section being fitted to the heel and thoroughly protecting it, while the upper section is located below the fetlockjoint, and encircles and protects the pasternjoint. The two sections are connected by a flexible strap, a, which allows of a free and independent movement and adjustment of the two sections of the boot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersIateut- A quarter-boot for horses, consisting of two sections flexibly connected together, substantially as described, one section constructed to protect the heel, and the upper section 0011 JOSEPH FEN N ELL.

\Vitnesses:

BENJ. T. ATKINSON, ED. FENNELL. 

